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making-the-grades: no mention of generics

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Issue type
Documentation
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Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Locate the making-the-grades exercise instructions and review where its required generics syntax first appears. Add an explanation of that syntax without changing the exercise's intended requirements, then verify that the instructions clearly prepare students to use it.

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Description

I'm not entirely sure about the making-the-grades exercise. It seems to gloss over generics entirely, whilst requiring students to use its syntax. Maybe some explanation is needed?

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